Anklet



March 12, 1957 A. K. EGLESTON 2,784,411

ANKLET Filed Jan. 17, 1955 IN V EN TOR. ANN K. EGLESTON BY 7PM 2+. 77; 04mm ATTORNEY United States Patent ANKLET r Ann K. Egleston, Solon, Ohio Application January 17, 1955, Serial No. 482,015 1 Claim. (Cl. 222) This application relates to improvements in body protection equipment and has particular significance in connection with an anklet for protecting the inner ankle bone of the most forward leg of a bowler substantially at the time of bowling ball delivery. Heretofore it has been known to provide protection for various parts of the human anatomy with large and bulky leggings, shoes, shoe uppers, shin guards and the like which are uncomfortable, heavy, expensive, confining and even ugly, and diflicult to put on and take off.

It is an object of the present invention to provide simple and inexpensive means overcoming the above mentioned difficulties.

Another object of the invention is to provide decorative protection for the ankle bone and Achilles tendon of a bowler.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent and the invention will be better understood from consideration of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 shows an anklet constructed in accordance with the invention and attached to provide protection for the inside ankle bone of the left leg of a presumably right handed lady bowler;

Figure 2 is an elevation view of the inside of the anklet as shown in Figure l; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view along the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

In Figure 1 there is shown in dashed outline the lower extremities of a lady provided with an anklet encircling her left leg 11 so that a major enlarged portion 12 of the anklet completely protects the inside ankle bone (not shown) of her leg 11. If desired this enlarged portion 12 may take the shape of a bowling pin not only for the decorative aspect thereby presented, but to allow the anklet to be easily identified according to its intended use, for example whenever it is found lying around the home or on display in a store, and also to provide a lesser, enlarged portion protecting the inside of the Achilles tendon of the same leg.

As shown in Figure 2, the anklet 10 comprises a leather strap having ends 13 and 14 formed integral with an enlarged strap portion 12a, in the form of a horizontally extending bowling pin, to which there is secured as by threads 15 a correspondingly shaped soft material pad 12b, for example of felt or foam rubber. Strap end 14 is provided with a projecting prong type buckle 17, while the other end 13 is provided with plural perforations 18 adapted to be selectively engaged by the prong of the buckle.

An advantage of the arrangement is that the anklet fits either foot and may easily be made to fit any size ankle, and particularly for the novice it tends to improve the score in bowling by removing the worry of injury from a heavy (15 to 18 pound) and very hard bowling ball hitting such a sensitive spot as an inside ankle bone, a catasrophe which has been known to cause even good bowlers to fall to the floor after injuring an ankle.

While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment, various modifications may obviously be made without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim:

An adjustable anklet for protecting the ankle bone and tendon on the inside of the most forward leg of a bowler substantially at the time of bowling ball delivery, and comprising a strap having a buckle with a tongue of the penetrating type at one end, at the other end a correspondingly shaped plurally perforated strap end within the respective perforations of which said tongue is adapted to fit to provide adjustment'according to the size of the bowlers ankle, a decorative enlargement in the shape of a bowling pin integrally formed as a part of said strap, said enlargement having ankle bone and foot tendon covering portions, and a pad of felt secured to the inside of said enlargement, said pad being substantially coextensive with said enlargement for covering said ankle bone while extending back to cover a portion of the ankle tendon.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 903,761 Paroubek Nov. 10, 1908 2,420,292 Nichols June 18, 1946 2,456,167 Arkus Dec. 14, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS 794,702 France Dec. 12, 1935 

